In my opinion, if you emulate games that nobody's making money from, in theory it's alright to do it.
Like, old games that aren't being sold anymore, or games that are really rare or impossible to get the "right" way.
In my opinion, if you emulate games that nobody's making money from, in theory it's alright to do it.
Like, old games that aren't being sold anymore, or games that are really rare or impossible to get the "right" way.
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No, it isn't alright to do it. Justify it to yourself however you like. And you shouldn't use the phrase impossible to get. I'm certain the ROMs you downloaded are far from rare. You just don't want to spend the money to purchase the original cartridges and such. Honestly, we don't need topics like this. There is little point in it.
You want to download ROMs, fine. No one here is going to care or lose any sleep over it. If you agree or disagree with people downloading ROMs, again that's not going to stop anyone nor do they care.
There's nothing more to say. You're wrong if you believe what you are doing is legal (in countries like the US.) The big picture is that is costs alot of time and money to combat piracy. Thus someone downloading a game no longer in regular retail channels is not as important as those downloading games that are fresh from the presses. The End.
Ethics-wise? I honestly don't care. ;/
See, case and point right there. Nobody cares. If you were worried about the police busting in your door or feeling guilty just don't worry about it. You're about the only one worried about it.
Quite honestly, if it's something that I can't buy anymore because they don't make it anymore, I sometimes download the version. But anything "modern" which I define as N64+, than yeah, it's just wrong.
Like, I have Earthbound on my computer because I'm really not cutting the company out of any money. I couldn't buy it anyway, so it's not like I could give then payment and am just choosing to steal.
The process of emulating something is 100% legal. The process of downloading roms is, however, 100% illegal, even if you own the game. It's only legal if you yourself upload YOUR copy of the rom from YOUR game cartridge. I also agree with Amaster42.
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Illegal? Yes, but who gives a crap? I mean, I download a copy of Goldeneye, which I already own, so I can play it with my PC controller and not my crappy, banged up N64 controller, it's not even as if there's any potential market to be hurt there.
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Wrong. Even if it is before the N64 it is still "wrong" or illegal. Downloading Earthbound is wrong too. If it isn't on the Virtual Console yet it will be in the future. Just admit you stole it. Or atleast don't justify it.Originally Posted by Amaster42
No one will respect someone who justifies it by saying oh I didn't have a choice! Just say fuck them you don't care. We can respect that.
At which point I will buy it. Because Nintendo and the people who made it get that money, not some guy selling it on ebay for 4 times retail price.If it isn't on the Virtual Console yet it will be in the future.
They make money on the first sale. After that secondhand doesn't make them any more.
I'd rather play games on the console they were made for with a controller myself... but as far as arguments go, emulation is a gray area... roms are illegal but nobody is going to hunt you down and arrest you for it (unless of course you somehow have a next gen emulator and are downloading new games). All in all I didn't know emulation was still big anymore.
As for old games, just make sure we are not talking about old Nintendo systems, as others have said Nintendo makes big bucks selling the classics on VC. If its not out, it eventually will be (at a snails pace for sure).
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